St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-25

treasury OI Tie ODiJcO SldleS, ulCu 10
day at Albany, \. Y. Mr.. Manning was
true patriot and a firm friend, and he
rendered his country great service by
wise management of this department.
He was hOnored by all of our people
and especially endeared to allwhO were
associated with him either in his public
or private life. As mark of respect to
his memory it is ordered that the treas
ury department building at this capitol
be draped in mourning for ten days,
that it be closed on the day of the fun
eral, and that OH that day the national
flag be displayed at half mast on all the
public buildings under the treasury de-
partment throughout the United States.
CHARLES S. FAIRCHILD,
Secretary of the Treasury.
THE CABINET.
The death of Mr.. Manning fell with
especial force on the cabinet, all of
whom had come TO know him intimately
through almost daily contact. Particu-
larry was his demise a shock to Secre-
taries Fairchild and Whitney, for their
friendship began prior TO the formation
OF Mr.. Cleveland's cabinet. There is
very little to add" said Secretary Fair
child. ito the order l have already is
sued from the treasury department. Mr..
and his loss is very personal matter.
He was a grand, good man in every
sense. Our relations were of the warm
est nature, and l was attached to him
by the warmeSt ties. Indeed. he had
the faculty of making everybody love
him. 1t is hardly necessary for
me to speak now of his public
career. Indeed, i had rather think of him
as personal friend l have lost" Mr..
Fairchild stated that he would certainly
go to the funeral. Secretary Whitney.
Informed of the sad event, penned the
following: ''Mr. Manning's death is
much more than personal loss to his
friends. To the Democratic party it is
a loss that cannot be regained. My per-
sOnal relations have been most intimate
with him since 1884. We followed the
same great leader, Mr.. Tilden, and Mr..
Manning became the central figure in
the politics of our state after Mr.. Til
den withdrawal from active manage
ment. He was big-hearted, generous,
persistent in purpose, cOnfiding with
friends and allies and naturally all
clustered around him. In 1884 he
welded fifty times the influence of any
other single man in the national con-
ventiCn, for without exciting any antag-
OnismS he led the sentiment that tri-
umphed. Inpublic office he sacrificed
himself. He was devoted to his work
and to the public welfare. His death is
a national misfortune"
Mr.. Whitney will also attend the
funeral.
"The death of Manning" said Secre-
tary Bayard, twas a certain thing to
me from the moment that he received
the stroke of paralysis year and half
ago. l knew then that
THE BEGINNING OF THE END
had come. Although he recovered and
struggled to be himself again, it was a
vain task. | had never known him be-
fore he entered the cabinet, but from
that time, and especially during the
time of his sickness, when we became
very much endeared to him, learned to
love and respect him."
Mr.. Bayard tonight sent the following
telegram:
Washington, Dec. 24.-To Mrs. Man.
ming, Albany, n. Y: You have the
heartfelt sympathy of myself and my
children in this hour of your great
bereavement. T. F. BAYARD.
Il first became acquainted with Mr..
Manning" said Postmaster General
Villas, ''abOut the time of the convention
which nominated President Cleveland.
During his residence in Washington l
became much more closely intimate
with him, and came to have avery warm
tenderness for him. He had that big
heartedness which make men love one
another, especially when it is accom-
panied with great wisdom and sagacity
in affairs. Mr.. Manning was not prOmi-
nent in national politics until his mast
erful management of the canvass for
Mr.. Cleveland in the convention, when
his perfect temper, Self-pOSSeSSiOn. cool
ness and simple government of his
cause in the midst of noise and cOnfu-
sion commended him to all who saw
him. When by the result of the cam
paign the Democratic party was placed
in power there was an almost universal
feeling that Mr.. Manning was entitled
to be regarded as one of the chief agents
by which the deliverance of the country
had been effected. He had the graft
tude of the party as a general has the
gratitude of his soldiers when they have
been led to victory. Then when he
took the treasury il was in a very crit
ical condition. Gold was running out
and silver was becoming threatening,
but his management was so excellent
that the tendency to disaster was not
only checked. but perfect business con-
fidence restored; so that he secured in
the country the recognition and the
prominence in financial ability and
general wisdom in affairs of statesman
ship which men had not at all been in
clined to give him credit for at the con-
cluSiOn OF the campaign. Up to the
time when that fearful stroke fell upon
him Mr.. Manning, beyond all question,
stood next TO the president in the eSti-
nation of the country"
MY relations with the dead ex-secre-
tary," said Attorney General Garland, /"
were always of the most cordial char
acter. He was one of the most open and
frank of men. He was direct in his
dealings, but particularly he possessed.
to use plain term, a wonderful amount
of sense. coupled with fine Judgment. l
never knew public man to grow faster
than he did after he came here. From
the moment of his attack had no hopes
that he would ever fully recover, and /
regarded his loss from the cabinet as
being a most serious one. l sincerely
sympathize with his family" The presi-
dent, Col. Lamont, Secretaries Bayard,
Whitney, Fairchild, Endicott, Attorney
General Garland and Postmaster Gen
eral Villas will leave here Monday night
to be present at the funeral of eX-Secre-
tary Manning.